I've written to Dan again. He wasn't exactly adverse to the idea of making something happen, but I caught him at a busy time (moving house). Maybe he is settled again now and who knows, he *may* help us.

I can't make any promises, we can only hope for the best. Fingers crossed folks.

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I have an original boxed/binder copy of Geneva 1.04 with NeoDesk 4.04 with the entire manual, all serial numbers, etc. A Gribnif catalog inside says Summer 1995. I think I bought it off eBay about 12-15 years ago just to play around with it. It was an impulse buy and I don't think I even got around to installing it. I'll have to play around with it now that I've dug all my Atari stuff out again. If someone wants me to scan the 174 page NeoDesk manual and 180 page Geneva manual, I'd be happy to share the wealth. That is, if I'm not stepping on anybody's toes. If it's abandon-ware, I'd be happy to copy it.

Great, it would be nice to have the manuals scanned. Hopefully the author won't mind. He doesn't seem to respond anymore.

On the subject of Neodesk, I found this package in a box of software. This is Neodesk 4 but it doesn't come in the binder like my other one and this one also has a developer's kit. Has it been scanned anywhere?

I used to speak with him 20 years ago when I supported Geneva and NeoDesk 4 at Compo Software. If someone else is better placed to speak to him then that's fine, but I do think only one person should contact him.